Product Reviews

For the product: Hatch Finatic 3 Plus Fly Reel

Review (Tell us Why?: The attention to detail on this reel is amazing. I am going to use it on two different rods - a 4 and a 5 - so I got an extra spool. The spool changeover is simple, but it involves rotating a knob a few turns. The really nice thing is that the spool is set up so that the knob can't detach and fall into the water. It's a beautiful reel - super smooth, flawless in structure. It's a reel that I can see being used for many, many years. From the way my son has been looking at it already, I'm guessing he either wants one of his own or wants to be sure I'll p**** it on to him sometime in the future. It was a leap for me to spend this much on a reel, but it's simply a work of (functional) art.